An Academic in the Wild

Yesterday I baked a cake and celebrated the day I was born. Tonight my pastor will put ashes on my forehead to remind me of my death. These...

I’ve been feeling weirdly restrained lately, especially online. There's been a lot of news online that I’ve had powerful feelings about...

My 3rd and 4th grade Sunday school students are officially some of my favorite people. They jockey for more verses to read aloud and they a...

Christmas (ok, actually most of the month of December) isn’t really a time that lends itself to sitting and writing blog posts. Mab’s home ...

As a kid I didn’t think much of Advent beyond lighting candles to count down to Christmas. Later, I knew other people who “did” Advent, and...

I try to maintain a pretty even keel, and sometimes I look pretty successful (at a Parents Association meeting last year when I was trying ...

It is the essence of love to be sensitive, it is a part of its doom; and anyone who objects to the one must certainly get rid of the other....